Armed tavern robbers flee with cash amid hail of beer bottles

By Erin Mulvaney |
February 4, 2013

When two masked men with rifles stormed into a Galveston tavern, the owner and patrons fought back by throwing glass bottles and a tip jar at them as they ran away with cash, police said.

Two men armed with rifles stormed into Angie's Place at the 1400 block of 39th street just before 2 a.m. Thursday, said Lt. Michael Gray with the Galveston Police Department.

The police department has no leads on the masked men, who left with $200 in cash from the register, as of Monday afternoon. Gray said it's not clear whether the onslaught of beer bottles and the glass tip jar made contact and actually harmed the robbers.

There were at least four patrons and the owner Angie Lopez in the bar. No shots were fired and no patrons were hurt during the robbery.

The men have not been identified and the investigation is ongoing, Gray said.